He was convicted of killing a Chicago police officer in 2011, but he'll now walk free

A man convicted of killing a Chicago police officer in 2011 will soon walk free after his conviction was overturned on Wednesday because of misconduct by prosecutors at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. The family of Alexander Villa cheered when they heard the conviction was overturned. That caused police officers in attendance at the hearing to immediately leave and led to an outburst from both sides.
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[CancerCell-pk]

Something About This Doesn't Make Sense Today

[KiraLangington]

Prosecutor should get fired for bumbling this case

[JayeMane]

Everyone has a past. This man recently lost his 14 year old son 6 months ago in a drive by shooting in Indiana. 11+ of those years were took from both of them. Let him grieve and find some kind of peace now that he’s free. Condolences to both families. Welcome home

[brucenome]

Sad world. The DA office need to do better.

[mikewhite]

His name is Flip C a well known gang member, love how his family is acting like he's some innocent angel caught up in the system. Kim Fox is just letting all the criminals out, i love how they didn't touch on his criminal background.

[RegT]

Coming out of the court room clapping is disrespectful and a slap in the face!

[EventheScore]

Why not leave the criminals in jail and prosecute whoever withheld the evidence. Like how much evidence did they withhold, where he’s being released.

[davidharris]

Way to many protections in place for the real criminals in this case the government side

[StrongmanSRT]

How can FOP re-indict anyone ? They are just a fraternity 😭😭😭

[brianwells]

A huge settlement at Chicago taxpayers expense soon to follow, unless he's retried and thrown back in jail?

[turtletruth]

The people who don't want him to be free act like it was a civilian who was killed!

[tonywalker]

Problem is I’m sure he was convicted on other evidence.

[melvinlovejones]

The investigators and prosecutors fumbled this case big time.

[MyBizOnlu]

Flipping family thinking he was a victim. The cop and his family ARE the only victims here. Shameful

[lovely_star]

Wowwww im sorry but to people, knows that their family are killers, and are calling themselves bictims are just as sock as the murderer

[michealklee]

You are tracked so maybe he didn’t do it

[happs]

This is bs no victim he did it.. kimm foxx is skull.banging this city vote republican

[dkj]

Well this the second I seen this situation the Feds pick up the case last time

[kennethsherry]

He was not found innocent. Released due to procedural errors. He can now be charged again, retried and convicted and sent back to prison where he belongs. Hope they do it right. The officer and his family deserve justice. That goes for the other 2 also.

[Jaydayallday]

Keep him in jail you can tell he’s no good anyways lol